(B.  A.  I.  Order  167.) 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 


BUREAU   OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


RULE  2,  REVISION  3.— TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  SCABIES  IN 

CATTLE. 

Effective  on  and  after  January  15,  1910. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and 
notice  is  hereby  given,  that  a  contagious,  communicable  disease  known 
as  scabies  exists  among  cattle  in  the  following-named  States  and  Ter 
ritor}T,  to  wit: 

Montana,  South  Dakota,  Nebraska,  Kansas,  Wyoming,  Colo- 
rado, Oklahoma,  Texas,  and  New  Mexico. 

Now,  therefore,  I,  James  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
under  authority  conferred  by  section  1  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
March  3,  1905  (33  Stat.,  864),  do  hereby  quarantine  the  following  ter- 
ritory, to  wit: 

In  Montana  the  counties  of  Teton,  Chouteau,  Valley,  and  Dawson. 

In  South  Dakota  all  that  territory  hTing  south  and  west  of  the  Mis- 
souri River.  m 

In  Nebraska  the  counties  of  Sioux,  Scotts  Bluff,  Banner,  Kimball, 
Cheyenne,  Boxbutte,  Dawes,  Sheridan,  Deuel,  Dund}T,  Chase,  Per- 
kins, Keith,  McPherson,  Grant,  Cherry,  Hooker,  Thomas,  Logan, 
Lincoln,  Ha}Tes,  Hitchcock,  Blaine,  Brown,  Keyapaha,  Rock,  Loup. 
Garfield,  Wheeler,  and  Holt. 

In  Kansas  the  counties  of  Wallace,  Greeley,  Hamilton,  Stanton, 
Morton,  Stevens,  Grant,  Kearne}T,  Wichita,  Scott,  Finney,  Gray, 
Haskell,  Seward,  Meade,  and  Clark. 

In  Wyoming  the  counties  of  Natrona,  Converse,  and  Laramie. 

In  Colorado  the  counties  of  Logan,  Sedgwick,  Phillips,  Yuma,  Wash- 
ington, Morgan,  Kit  Carson,  Cheyenne,  Kiowa,  Prowers,  Baca,  Bent, 
Otero;  that  part  of  the  counties  of  Pueblo,  Huerfano,  and  Las  Animas 
lying  east  of  the  Eighth  Guide  Meridian  West;  that  part  of  the  coun- 
ties of  Weld  and  Adams  lying  east  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  from 
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its  intersection  with  the  Colorado-Wyoming  state  line,  southerly  to 
its  intersection  with  the  northern  boundary  of  Denver  County;  that 
part  of  Adams,  Arapahoe,  Elbert,  and  Lincoln  counties  lying  north 
and. east  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  from  its  intersection  with  the 
eastern  boundary  of  Denver  County,  southeasterly  toLimon,  Colo., 
and  that  part  of  Lincoln,  Elbert,  and  El  Paso  counties  lying 
south  and  east  of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railway  from 
Limon,  Colo.,  southwesterly  to  its  intersection  with  the  Eighth 
Guide  Meridian  West. 

In  Oklahoma  the  counties  of  Cimarron,  Texas,  Beaver,  and  Harper. 

In  Texas  the  counties  of  Dallam,  Sherman,  Hansford,  Ochiltree, 
Lipscomb,  Hemphill,  Roberts,  Hutchinson,  Moore,  Hartley,  Oldham, 
Potter,  Carson,  Gra}T,  Donley,  Armstrong,  Randall,  Deaf  Smith, 
Parmer,  Castro,  Swisher,  Briscoe,  Hall,  Motley,  Floyd,  Hale,  Lamb, 
Bailey,  Cochran,  Hockley,  Lubbock,  Crosb}^,  Dickens,  Kent,  Garza, 
Lynn,  Terry,  Yoakum,  Gaines,  Dawson,  Borden,  Scurry,  Howard, 
Martin,  Andrews,  Nueces,  Cameron,  and  Hidalgo. 

In  New  Mexico  the  counties  of  Union,  Guadalupe,  Quay,  Roosevelt, 
Chaves,  Eddy,  that  portion  of  Torrance  County  lying  east  and  south 
of  the  El  Paso  and  Rock  Island  Railway,  that  portion  of  Lincoln 
County  lying  east  and  south  of  the  El  Paso  and  Northeastern  and 
the  El  Paso  and  Rock  Island  railways,  and  that  portion  of  Otero 
County  lying  east  of  the  El  Paso  and  Northeastern  Railway. 

The  effect  of  this  order  is  to  release  from  quarantine  the  counties- 
of  Bo}rd,  Custer,  and  Dawson,  in  the  State  of  Nebraska ;  the  counties 
of  Cheyenne,  Rawlins,  Sherman,  Logan,  Gove,  Lane,  Ford,  Kiowa, 
and  Comanche,  in  the  State  of  Kansas ;  the  counties  of  Carbon  and 
Albany,  in  the  State  of  Wyoming ;  that  part  of  Weld  and  Adams 
counties  lying  west  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  running  from  Den- 
ver to  Cheyenne;  that  part  of  the  counties  of  Adams,  Arapahoe,  Elbert, 
Lincoln,  and  El  Paso  lying  south  and  west  of  the  Union  Pacific  Rail- 
road*running  southeasterly  from  Denver  to  Limon  and  north  and  west 
of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Pacific  Railway  running  southwest- 
erly from  Limon,  Colo.,  to  its  intersection  with  the  Eighth  Guide 
Meridian  West,  in  the  State  of  Colorado,  and  the  counties  of  Wheeler, 
Collingsworth,  Childress,  Cottle,  King,  Stonewall,  Fisher,  Nolan, 
Mitchell  and  that  part  of  Knox,  Haskell,  Jones,  and  Taylor  counties 
lying  west  of  the  One  Hundredth  Meridian  West  of  Greenwich,  in 
the  State  of  Texas. 

It  is  ordered  by  this  Rule  2,  Revision  3,  under  the  authority  and 
discretion  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by  section  3 
of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  3,  1905  (33  Stat.,  864),  that 
cattle  shall  be  moved  from  the  quarantined  area  of  any  State  or  Terri- 
tory to  any  other  State  or  Territory  or  District  only  in  accordance 
with  the  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  designated  as 


B.  A.  I.  Order  143,  promulgated  March  i^J,  L907,  and  effective  April 
15,  1907,  and  the  amendments  thereto. 

This  Rule  2,  Revision  3,  is  subject  to  amendment  or  revision  on 
statutory  notice. 

Rule  2,  Revision  2,  dated  September  5,  1908,  and  effective  October 
1,  1008,  and  its  amendments  dated  September  23,  1908,  May  6,  L909, 
and  August  L9,  1909,  respectively,  shall  cease  to  be  effective  on  and 
after  January  15,  1910,  on  and  after  which  date  this  Rule  2,  Revision 
3,  which  for  purposes  of  identification  is  designated  as  B.  A.  I.  Order 
167,  shall  become  and  be  effective  until  otherwise  ordered. 

Done  at 'Washington  this  twenty-second  day  of 
December,  1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 


ment of  Agriculture. 


James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture 


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